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Written By: Heather Brown-Harding, PhD The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and spread across the globe becoming the pandemic that the world is reeling with today. Currently, COVID-19 has no targeted therapies approved by the...

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD One question that I get asked on a regular basis is what flow cytometer should I purchase? It’s not as simple as you might imagine. In fact, you need to treat this process as carefully...

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD Experimental validation refers to the process of evaluating a panel and ensuring it’s robust. Sometimes, you're just handed a panel that you have to follow, and it might not be the best panel for your...

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD No matter how advanced or cutting-edge your study is, good science is profoundly dependent on the fundamentals. In fact, no matter your experience level, it is always good to revisit the fundamentals now and again....

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD No researcher wants to discover that the results of a long, careful experiment are confounded by an uncontrolled variable. To assist in data interpretation, you must build careful controls into your experimental workflow. These controls...

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD Cell sorting owes a lot to Mack Fuwyler - when he developed the first cell sorter, he started a revolution. Finally, researchers had a tool to isolate specific cells of interest. In the intervening years,...

Written By: Tim Bushnell, PhD The most common flow assay is undoubtedly immunophenotyping, in which fluorescently tagged antibodies are used to bind to cellular proteins. This allows you to determine the types of cells present. As long as there is...

What is the single-most important feature of a flow cytometry experiment? Arguably, it’s the stained cells that gather data about biological processes of interest. However, a flow cytometer can measure cell-like particles as well as cells, which opens the realm...

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